Oct 31, 2012

New Tool Aims to Ensure Software Security Policies Reflect User Needs

New Tool Aims to Ensure Software Security Policies Reflect User Needs, Zimbabwe Star, Science Daily, Oct. 31, 2012. NC State researchers and IBM Research have developed a new natural language processing tool that businesses or other customers can use to ensure that software developers have a clear idea of the security policies to be incorporated into new… 

Oct 31, 2012

NCSU Researcher Hopes to Develop Battery of the Future

NCSU Researcher Hopes to Develop Battery of the Future, Triangle Business Journal, Oct. 26, 2012. They’re as pretty as flowers, and a North Carolina State University professor theorizes they could become brutish enough to replace the expensive and outsized batteries now used to power electric cars. Linyou Cao, materials engineering, featured.  

Oct 31, 2012

Goldman police report raises new concerns about Wake school board

Goldman police report raises new concerns about Wake school board, WRAL.com, Oct. 26, 2012. What happened behind closed doors between Wake County Board of Education members last month when the board fired its school superintendent could be difficult to overcome. Andy Taylor, political science, featured. 

Oct 31, 2012

Smart Bandages Could Staunch Blood Flow From Wounds

Smart Bandages Could Staunch Blood Flow From Wounds, Popular Mechanics (blog), Oct. 25, 2012. If a soldier takes a shot to the arm, his comrades can tighten a tourniquet above the wound to prevent major blood loss. Not so if the wound occurs on his torso. Chirag Gajjar, textile engineering chemistry and science, featured. 

Oct 31, 2012

Recognizing The Right Of Plants To Evolve

Recognizing The Right of Plants To Evolve, North Country Public Radio, Oct. 26, 2012. If proposals calling for rights for animals are on the table, why not rights for other living things? Plants, for instance. Tom Regan, philosophy, featured. 

Oct 31, 2012

Compound increases antibiotic effectiveness against MSRA

Compound increases antibiotic effectiveness against MSRA, Vaccine News Daily (blog), Oct. 26, 2012. NC State researchers recently discovered a means of restoring the effectiveness of antibiotics to treat methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a notoriously difficult to treat form of Staphylococcus. Christian Melander, chemistry, featured.  

Oct 31, 2012

N.C. neighbors aghast to learn drinking water contaminated for years

N.C. neighbors aghast to learn drinking water contaminated for years, NBCNews.com (blog), Oct. 29, 2012. A Wake Forest community is in an uproar after learning the state of North Carolina knew a resident’s water had been contaminated with toxic chemicals and failed to alert other residents for more than six years. Gerald LeBlanc, environmental and molecular toxicology,… 

Oct 31, 2012

NCSU will close Dan Allen Drive gates in January

NCSU will close Dan Allen Drive gates in January, News & Observer, Oct. 29, 2012. N.C. State University has postponed its plan to restrict automobile traffic on Dan Allen Drive, with the new access gates now expected to begin operation when the spring semester starts on Jan. 7. Tom Kendig, transportation, featured. 

Oct 31, 2012

Flame retardant used in infant nursing pillows may cause health issues in kids

Flame retardant used in infant nursing pillows may cause health issues in kids, Newstrack India, Oct. 28, 2012. A fire retardant used in polyurethane foam in a wide variety of products causes extreme weight gain, early onset of puberty and cardiovascular health effects in lab animals. Heather Patisaul, biology, featured.  

Oct 31, 2012

For N.C. and Pa., a role reversal from ’08 presidential election

For N.C. and Pa., a role reversal from ’08 presidential election, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Oct. 28, 2012.  The Democrats’ 2008 surprise: Four years ago, North Carolina didn’t start out as a swing state. Knowing that the state hadn’t voted for a Democratic presidential candidate since Jimmy Carter, Republicans initially focused their resources elsewhere. Andrew Taylor, political… 

Oct 31, 2012

New model could improve hurricane forecasting

New model could improve hurricane forecasting, WRAL.com, Oct. 31, 2012. NC State researchers have developed a more accurate way to predict seasonal hurricane activity. Nagiza Samatova and Fredrick Samazzi, marine earth and atmospheric sciences, featured. 

Oct 30, 2012

2012 Governors’ Races: Republicans Poised For Gains

2012 Governors’ Races: Republicans Poised For Gains, Huffington Post, Oct. 31, 2012. Republicans are in position to extend their recent gains among governors as they compete for seats they haven’t won in a quarter-century. Steven Greene, political science, featured.  

Oct 30, 2012

Raleigh startup’s app targets wedding market

Raleigh startup’s app targets wedding market, Businessweek, Oct. 29, 2012. Justin Miller, the CEO and co-founder of the company behind the smartphone apps Deja Mi and WedPics, says the initial idea for the company’s location-based photo-sharing technology came to him during a rock show at Cat’s Cradle in Chapel Hill. “I realized this is an amazing show… 

Oct 30, 2012

NORTH CAROLINA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION RELEASES PODCAST ON PET EUTHANASIA

North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association Releases Podcast on Pet Euthanasia, Melodika.net, Oct. 29, 2012. The North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association (www.ncvma.org) has announced the release of a podcast discussing pet euthanasia, and the procedures and options for the end of a pet’s life. Brenda Stevens, clinical science, featured. 

Oct 30, 2012

North Carolina community’s water contaminated with toxic chemicals for six years … and no one told them

North Carolina community’s water contaminated with toxic chemicals for six years, The Mail On Sunday, Oct. 29, 2012. The town of Wake Forest, North Carolina is in an uproar after learning the state officials knew their water was contaminated with toxic, cancer-causing chemicals and waited more than six years to tell them. Gerald LeBlanc, environmental and molecular toxicology,…